----Origineel Bericht---- Van : chris.ace@gmx.net Datum : 03/12/2013 15:54 Aan : vdr@linuxtv.org Onderwerp : Re: [vdr] start VDR without hardware for test and tutorial
VDR requires an output device to start. But as already pointed out this doesn't necessarily have to be real hardware but could also be a plugin.
However, instead of using (and recommending) such a heavy-scale (from dependency and complexity perspective) plugin like xineliboutput, how about the dummydevice-plugin as output plugin? http://phivdr.dyndns.org/vdr/vdr-dummydevice/ or even the dynamite-plugin: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/show/plg-dynamite which starts as placeholder and enables later configuration of actual DVB devices.
Best regards, Christian
That's a good suggestion, I didn't know it existed.
I will mention it as an alternative to xineliboutput. Personally I want to use xineliboutput because I'm building a PC that drives my TV via HDMI, but dummydevice-plugin is indeed useful if you are building a headless server.
Having said that, debian does not have vdr-dummydevice nor dynamite in their repositories yet, If I figure out how, I will suggest it.
Best regards, and thanks for thinking with me, Cedric